Women and Gender Studies Program – News

Giving credit where credit is overdue to Frances Perkins

Michael Kmack — Thu, 20 Mar 2025 17:19:19 +0000

Now that Frances Perkins’ home is a national monument, the people who made it happen spoke to the campus community about their ongoing efforts to build awareness of Perkins’ legacy.

Witchy Fair casts a spell on campus

Michael Kmack — Fri, 19 Apr 2024 21:42:54 +0000

From one table to the next, visitors to the Witchy Fair could receive a star chart reading, browse vintage clothes, stock up on a wide variety of herbs, and much more.

Dress display shines a red light on safety concerns for Indigenous women and girls

Michael Kmack — Fri, 05 May 2023 19:47:45 +0000

The sight of red dresses hanging from trees on campus serve as a wake-up call about the violence that Indigenous women and girls face at a disproportionately high rate.

Author provides historical perspective on political fight over transgender rights

Michael Kmack — Tue, 04 Apr 2023 19:09:03 +0000

As research for the book “Female Husbands,” Dr. Jen Manion used newspaper articles and public records to show what life was like for transgender men in the 18^th and 19^th centuries.

Author to speak on transgender history

lindsay.tice — Wed, 22 Mar 2023 16:06:07 +0000

Dr. Jen Manion's book recovers the lives of people assigned female who lived as men and married women in the 18th and 19th centuries in the U.S. and U.K.

Speakers with ties to Iran spur discussion about protest movement

Michael Kmack — Fri, 24 Feb 2023 21:58:25 +0000

A Nursing student was so bothered by the treatment of protesters in Iran that he organized a panel discussion to make the campus community more aware of the situation.

Together in song, LGBTQIA+ community shows strength of voice and purpose

Michael Kmack — Fri, 29 Oct 2021 18:21:00 +0000

The joy of being accepted into a community with a shared history was a common theme in the music performed at a concert showcasing LGBTQIA+ voices.

Maine Public Radio features Macon Reed’s “Eulogy for the Dyke Bar” at USM

john.warren — Tue, 04 Dec 2018 18:18:00 +0000

Wendy Chapkis, USM Professor of Women & Gender Studies, was featured on Maine Things Considered, discussing her oral history project “Querying the Past” and collaboration … Read More

Women and Gender Studies Program – News

Giving credit where credit is overdue to Frances Perkins

Witchy Fair casts a spell on campus

Dress display shines a red light on safety concerns for Indigenous women and girls

Author provides historical perspective on political fight over transgender rights￼

Author to speak on transgender history

Speakers with ties to Iran spur discussion about protest movement

Together in song, LGBTQIA+ community shows strength of voice and purpose

Maine Public Radio features Macon Reed’s “Eulogy for the Dyke Bar” at USM

Author provides historical perspective on political fight over transgender rights